Google interview notes, page 7 of 215

“I went straight into features and completely forgot to anchor on the user first.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Google, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Standard BFS with a visited set, nothing too tricky.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Google, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I jumped straight into features, which was probably the wrong move.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Google, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Got through the main problem fine and nailed the complexity breakdown.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Google, Onsite - Multi Round round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Panicked when I saw the wall of text.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Google, Onsite - Multi Round round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I spent the first minute just listing accessibility features like wider aisles and bigger fonts, which felt shallow pretty fast.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Google, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I had a decent story but I think I buried the lead.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Google, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was to reach for a bignum library and I had to stop myself.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Google, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Pretty standard opener but I still fumbled it a bit.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Google, Recruiter / HR Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started with latency and cost tradeoffs, which felt right, but I kept second-guessing myself mid-answer.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Google, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.